1. Raj from India.
2. Diwali is a family holiday. It's called The Festival of Lights. This is a celebration of the victory of the “good” over the “bad” with the help of special lights or “diyas” and candles.
3. a) It is not only celebrated in India. Other countries with Hindus also celebrate it, for example, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore and parts of Europe
b) They usually celebrate Diwali in October or November at the start of the Hindu New Year
c) It's an international festival, but India's got a bigger Hindu population than any other country, so it's very important there
d) (2 номер одинаков) Diwali is a family holiday. It's called The Festival of Lights. This is a celebration of the victory of the “good” over the “bad” with the help of special lights or “diyas” and candles.
4. 1) ...of the family
2)...lights
3)...five days
4)People all over the world...
5)Colorful clothes...
I think that it is nothing special in the social security system of people. Though we ahve social security system of citizens , but in many cases it doesn't work. Many people do not know about thier benefits, or just do not get them, not being able to make them. Accoording to Social security system of citizens it is difficult to get the benefits, you need to make a lot of papers and visit many offices.
In Russia there are a lot of benefits for invalids and for old people (pension) and for participants of World War II, for soldier internatsianalists, for unemployerst, for pregnancy and childbirth, monthly allowance for child care, and many others.
because there are so few of them on the planet!